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1943 Map of Unadilla Forks

Name: 1943 Topographic Map of Unadilla Forks
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1971
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1971

About this map

Unadilla Forks and the surrounding borderlands of Otsego, Madison, and Herkimer counties are documented in this 1940s survey. The landscape is defined by the narrow valley of the Unadilla River, which serves as a natural boundary while hosting the Unadilla Valley railroad line. Settlement is concentrated in small clusters and crossroads such as Leonardsville and West Exeter, reflecting an era of decentralized rural community life.

Upland features like Mount Markham and Noahs Rump overlook a network of tributary waters including Wharton Creek and Campbell Brook. The map provides significant genealogical data, marking numerous family-named burial grounds like Bass Cem, Hoke Cem, and Taylor Hill Cem. This record preserves the location of vanished service points like Beverly Inn Corners and Spooner Corners before mid-century modernization altered the rural character of the central New York countryside.